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February 7 – After years of turmoil throughout the Spanish FA (RFEF), finally some constructive information.
New RFEF chief Rafael Louzan (pictured) will stay in his submit after the nation’s Supreme Court docket granted his attraction towards a seven-year ban from holding public workplace.
Louzan was elected in December on a four-year mandate regardless of the 57-year-old having beforehand been sanctioned. In Could 2022, he was discovered responsible by a provincial court docket of malfeasance in a case involving a contract to enhance a soccer pitch within the metropolis of Morana.
Though he was cleared of fraud costs, the sentence barred him from holding public workplace. He denied wrongdoing and appealed, which allowed him to run for RFEF presidency.
“We should absolve Rafael Louzan (and others) of the crime of administrative prevarication of which they had been accused,” stated the Supreme Court docket, staving off but extra embarrassment for a federation engulfed in scandal, with Louzan’s three predecessors all having been pressured to step down due to involvement in authorized instances, together with Luis Rubiales, presently on trial over the ‘kissgate’ scandal.
Angel Maria Villar, one-time bigwig at each FIFA and UEFA, was ousted in 2018 after having been suspended the 12 months beforehand, when he and his son had been arrested on suspicion of corruption, amongst a number of different accusations. He was adopted by Rubiales, who resigned in shame in September 2023 after worldwide outrage on the notorious kiss.
Then got here Pedro Rocha, who was suspended for overstepping his duties as soon as he arrived on an interim foundation, earlier than he was elected.
In line with Thursday’s ruling by the Supreme Court docket, there was no corrupt apply when Louzan granted an €86,311 subsidy for the renovation of a pitch in Moraña in Pontevedra.
The choice saves the RFEF from having to rearrange yet one more election. However Spanish sports activities minister Pilar Alegria stated the debacle had besmirched the picture of the game.
“The picture the soccer federation has transmitted has not been notably constructive or constructive,” she stated. “If we glance again, the previous few presidents of the soccer federation have all completed up due to court docket instances… I don’t suppose the followers deserve this.”
In the meantime, outspoken La Liga boss Javier Tebas has launched one other tirade towards Actual Madrid, this time after the membership lodged a letter of criticism towards the Spanish league’s referees.
Madrid despatched the letter following their 1-0 defeat by Espanyol on Saturday, citing a choice to not award a pink card to Espanyol defender Carlos Romero for a foul on Kylian
“They’re towards all the things. That’s the fact,” Tebas informed a gathering of LaLiga golf equipment, the Spanish Soccer Federation (RFEF) and representatives of the Spanish refereeing committee (CTA), which Madrid didn’t attend. “They’ve constructed a story of victimhood. They’ve misplaced their head.”
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